Satanic Panic Returns
Meanwhile, three more suspected witches are burned to death in an African village.
On the positive side, a reporter recounting items recovered at the home of a serial shooting suspect makes a point of disentangling modern Satanism from 'evil or animal and child sacrifice.'
Discordians, Rejoice!
Or something. The dwarf planet nicknamed Xena has recieved an official moniker: Eris, after the Greek Goddess of discord and the Goddess of the Discordians.
Second Coming #78
The Son of God is back, and this time he has a Rolex and a security detail. Unlike other Jesus', Jose de Jesus Luis Miranda preaches that there is no heaven, no hell, and no sin, and that it's not necessary for him to perform miracles. Religioious tolerance, on the other hand, is not one of his virtues. Jose insists other religions must be done away with, and his followers have been known to stage rowdy protests of other religious gatherings.
Poor Wicker Man
A Wiccan reviews the remade Wicker Man, and it probably goes without saying that he doesn't like it, which brings the total number of people who hate the new version to, well, everybody.
If at first you don't succeed...
Members of the House of Yahweh emerged from their bomb shelters and seemed a bit annoyed to find the world hadn't ended on Sept. 12 as their Leader had predicted. They're not giving up, though- our annhilation has been rescheduled for December.
If it works for Salem..
What better way to promote tourism than a historical re-enactment of a local witch trial, Salem style? Wheeling, West Virginia, wnats to do just that, but they face a minor hurdle- it's unlikely their 'witch trial' ever actually took place.
"Do with it what you will."
Demons named Slytherin and Azkaban feature in a loopy lecture on the evils of Harry Potter being offered at a Michigan library.
"Simply a fraternal group"
New York Masons hope to bore everyone to death by insisting there's nothing interesting going on in Masonry.
Ghost tree
Nobody's going to mistake this fella for the Virgin Mary, but he's drawing a crowd all the same...
Religious Rights
A Scientologist couple who opposed mandatory infant blood screening because they believed it violated their religious beliefs have lost their case. The couple argued that the screening law interfered with the silent atmosphere they wished to create for their newborn, in accordance with Scientology's doctrine of 'Silent birth.'
A court has decreed that Mammon comes before Church, at least when it comes to bankruptcy courts. The US Bankruptcy Court in NY has interpreted the Bankrupotcy Reform Law as requiring that one may not make charitable donations of any kind while undergoing bankruptcy proceedings until all creditors have beeen paid.
An artist whose paintings depicting Jesus as a Rabbi has been ordered to remove them from the walls of a Lutheran hospital to avoid 'controversy.'
Links
Interesting: A circle still unbroken
Funny: Beware of cute, pink fairies
Comments
If you’d followed, read and comprehended the link you provide to your story about a ‘police officer’ in a ‘town’ in the UK being charged with the task of protecting children from witchcraft, you wouldn’t have written any of that nonsense.
The truth is there in the article. First off, it’s not a police officer - it’s a dedicated council worker. Second, it’s not a town: Hackney is a London district. Third, this initiative is aimed at educating the public and providing protection for children from being abused and murdered by relatives who believe them to be witches after a very high-profile case in which a little girl was tortured and then killed by her relatives because they believed she was a witch. This kind of horrible behaviour is common in some countries and sadly crops up here among immigrant populations.
So instead of mocking this, you should be supportive. Sloppy, dangerous journalism for the sake of sensation? You should work for a tabloid rag. I’m a witch and wholly support Hackney Council in what is a serious and deserving effort to protect other children from torture and abuse - not by witches but by their own families believing them to BE witches. Read the links properly, do your research. In writing this rubbish, you’re a disgrace and do a dreadful disservice not only to the pagan community but the children the initiative aims to protect.
The opening lines of the article:
“at risk from black magic rituals.”
Further down:
“specialist police team was set up to combat child abuse linked to African witchcraft.”
I can’t see how anyone ciould suppot that, if what is writen here is true.